§ Mr. Moonmanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth 555W Affairs if he will place in the Official Report what representations he has made to the Ugandan authorities about the disappearance of Mrs. Dora Bloch; and what replies he has received from them since 1st October 1976 to the present date.
§ Mr. RowlandsOn 5th July 1976, the British High Commission in Kampala made oral, and subsequently written, representations about Mrs. Bloch's disappearance to the Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ugandan High Commissioner in London was summoned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to receive parallel representations.
On 6th July 1976, in the absence of a satisfactory reply from the Ugandan authorities, further representations were made in Kampala and in London.
On 9th July, the British High Commission informed President Amin that Her Majesty's Government could not accept the Ugandan denial of responsibility for Mrs. Bloch's disappearance.
On 15th July 1976, the British High Commission delivered a Note to the Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating Her Majesty's Government's inability to accept the further Ugandan denial of responsibility for Mrs. Bloch's disappearance and urging a full and exhaustive search for Mrs. Bloch or her body.
No reply to our representations has been received from the Ugandan authorities since 1st October 1976.